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A certain beggar who had been lame from birth was carried daily to the gate of the temple called Beautiful. Doubtless, he had accepted the evidence of the senses, and, supposing that gold and silver were the source and substance of supply, believed he had little or nothing, while others had plenty.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, has written ( Science and Health p.

The Mayor of Tokyo, Japan, recently addressed a letter to the Christian Science Church in Boston, and evidently to other agencies which sent relief to the distressed residents of Tokyo following the earthquake disaster of September, 1923. His letter is as follows: Tokyo Municipal Office Tokyo, Sept.

The little book of "Jonah" touches the high-water mark of Old Testament theology. No other pre-Christian writer quite reaches the universalism which it implies.

[From the Bureau of History and Statistics of The Mother Church] Before she discovered Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy was not prepared by experience or training to institute a cause or lead a movement corresponding to her great discovery. She had spoken and written or civic and ethical topics, such as the abolition of Negro slavery, but she had never devised a large plan or directed a large work.

Spiritual existence is eternal and must of necessity be continuous, not recurrent. Infinite in its scope, it is always unfolding the beauty and grandeur of God's creation.

In the Scriptures the word "lamp" is sometimes used to symbolize spiritual illumination. In one of the visions of Zechariah reference is made to seven lamps.

Law is commonly identified with government. In one sense it is defined as "a rule of action established by authority.

In considering the needs of the times and the cry of lack on every side, the Christian Scientist knows that it is a lack of understanding of God and of spiritual values that is hindering the solving of the human problem; and this fear of limitation or loss has found many an unsuspected mental lodging place. But where it has gained entrance, there can one turn right-about face and with renewed effort and application of God's law of infinite goodness rout this enemy of peace.

Is there any greater opportunity in the Christian Science movement for loving, unselfish, Christian service to God and to the Cause than teaching the children in the Christian Science Sunday School? Is there any greater joy than to see the blessed fruition of this work? When the disciples of Jesus asked him, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" he "called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.